Sheath for scissors or the like.



No. 723,109. A PATENTED MAR. 17, 19 03,

" 1H. 0. WILLMOTT.

SHEATH rbn'solssons OR THE LIKE. APPLIOATIbH PILED'BBPT. 23, 1902.

H0 MODEL.

. To all whom may concern,- p U Be it known that I, HENRY COLE WILL pin the pocket without danger.

UNITED S ATE PATENT @FFICE.

, HENRY COLE WILLMoTT, 0F soUTH WOODFORD, ENGLAND.

SHE ATH FOR SCI SSORS OR THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 723,109, datedMarch 17, 1903.

l l Application filed September 23,1902. Serial No. 124,526. (No modeLl MOTT, a citizen of the United Kingdom. of

Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Gothic Villa, Maybank Road, ,South' Woodford,

county of Essex, England, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Sheaths for Scissors or the Like, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable othto Y make'and use thesame.

ers skilled in the art to which it appertains to Myinvention relates to scissors and the like cutting-instruments; and it consists in attaching to the same a sheath formed as a hollow case,preferably made of metal,which whenthe I scissors are not in use may be placed over their blades,protecting them from injury and allowing them to be freely handled or carried The sheath is attached to the scissorsby a pivot, screw, or the likein such a manner asto be capable of being folded away or back from the blades when the scissors are required for use. The pivot or screw may be an additional one or may be the same as that by which the two halves of the scissors are held together. By

preference the sheath is made with extended ends or lugs through which the rivet or screw is fixed or fitted. Thesheathcloses onto the scissors from one edge-that is to say, over the back of one ofthe blades and the front'of the other when the scissors are closed-and it is preferablylarge enough to completely cover the whole of the blades, and one edge of the said sheath is open to allow it to pass over The two sides of the sheath are slightly curved, so as to spring ontoand over the blades, keeping the sheath in-position and the blades closed when the scissors arenot required for use.

Further objects and the advantages of my invention will appear in the followin g descrip- Qtion. w

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a pair of scissors fitted with my invention, the rivet or pivot of the sheath being fitted to one of theshanks between the bow and the blade. Fig. 2 is a view of a similar pair of scissors to those shown in Fig. 1,:but shows the same slightly open and with the sheath removed from the blades. The sheath is also shown byline-and dot bent or turned back close to of the blades. 4 In Fig. 5 the two sides a ct of the sheath are shown curved, by which means the slight springy action above referred to is obtained.

It will be seen that the invention is of simple construction and is a thoroughly-effective protector or sheath for the blades. It is not necessary to remove the sheath from the blades by the fingers when the scissors are required for use, because the action of opening the scissors by the bows in the usual manner also pushes back the sheath sufficien tly far to disengage the blades therefrom.

I do not confine myself to any particular shape or size of sheath,and the same may be ornamental, plain, or be used for advertisement purposes.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. A sheath for scissors and the like cutting instruments consisting of a hollow case, of resilient sheet metal one edge of which is open to fit over the blades of the scissors, said sheath being attached to the scissors by a suitable pivot-joint, and the sheath being adapted to entirely inclose the blades of the scissors when in the closed position, substantially as shown and described.

2. The herein-described sheath for scissors and the like cutting instruments, said sheath being attached to said scissors by a rivet, pivot sides of the said sheath, substantially as specior screw upon which rivet, pivot or screw the fied. io

sheath may be turned back, which sheath is In witness whereof I have hereunto set my formed as a hollowcase, one edge of which is hand in presence of two witnesses.

open to allow the said sheath to pass onto the I HENRY COLE WILLMOTT. blades of the said scissors, which blades are Witnesses:

held together and prevented from opening by HENRY FAIRBROTHER,

the spring-like formation or nature of the HERBERT E. BARLOW. 

